During the 1970s, dissidents like Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn dominated Western perceptions of the USSR, but were then quickly forgotten, as Gorbachev's reformers monopolised the spotlight. This book restores the dissidents to their rightful place in Russian history. Using a vast array of published sources, it shows how ideas formulated in the dissident milieu clashed with the original programme of perestroika, and shaped the course of democratisation in post-Soviet Russia.
During the 1970s, dissidents like Sakharov and Solzhenitsyn dominated Western perceptions of the USSR, but were then quickly forgotten, as Gorbachev's...
This is an examination of the emergency powers and their use in the Russian constitution, discussing powers in Russian history, comparing the Russian situation with that of other countries, and examining legal thought underpinning such emergency powers.
This is an examination of the emergency powers and their use in the Russian constitution, discussing powers in Russian history, comparing the Russian ...
After a period of relative weakness and isolation during most of the 1990s, Russia is again appearing as a major security player in world politics. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of Russia's current security situation, addressing such questions as: What kind of player is Russia in the field of security? What is the essence of its security policy? What are the sources, capabilities and priorities of its security policy? What are the prospects for the future? One important conclusion to emerge is that, while Russian foreign policy under Putin has become more pragmatic and...
After a period of relative weakness and isolation during most of the 1990s, Russia is again appearing as a major security player in world politics. Th...
This book examines a number of key questions about social change in contemporary Russia - issues such as how people survive when they are not paid for months on end, 'the New Poor', the falling birth rate, why so many Russian men die in middle age, whether regional identities are becoming stronger, and how people's sense of 'Russianness' has developed since the creation of the Russian Federation in 1992. It examines these issues by looking at actual experiences in three small Russian towns. It includes a great deal of original ethnographic research, and, by looking at real places overall,...
This book examines a number of key questions about social change in contemporary Russia - issues such as how people survive when they are not paid for...
This book examines the development of the Ukrainian parliament - the Verkhovna Rada - from before Ukraine's independence in 1991 to the present. It shows how the parliament transformed itself from a provincial republican Soviet to the national legislature of a sovereign state and from a nominal, symbolic body to a genuine legislative and representative institution. It discusses the key role of parliament in the wider state-building process and examines the evolution of political factions and the committee system in the parliament.
This book examines the development of the Ukrainian parliament - the Verkhovna Rada - from before Ukraine's independence in 1991 to the present. It sh...
Examining contemporary Russian socio-economic development, this book explores the degree to which Russian experiences can be incorporated into current social science theories. In particular, it questions how far the concept of 'globalization' is applicable to the situation in Russia.
Examining contemporary Russian socio-economic development, this book explores the degree to which Russian experiences can be incorporated into current...
This book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia s HIV/AIDS epidemic has developed into a serious social, economic and political problem, and how according to the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Russia is currently facing the biggest HIV/AIDS epidemic in all of Europe with an estimated number of 980,000 people living with HIV in 2009. The book investigates civil society organisations contribution to social change and civil society development in post-Soviet Russia, and thus situates a specific type of...
This book studies the role of civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Russia. It looks at how Russia s HIV/AIDS epidemic has d...
David Lane outlines succinctly yet comprehensively the development and transformation of state socialism. While focussing on Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe, he also engages in a discussion of the Chinese path. In response to the changing social structure and external demands, he outlines different scenarios of reform. He contends that European state socialism did not collapse but was consciously dismantled. He brings out the West s decisive support of the reform process and Gorbachev s significant role in tipping the balance of political forces in favour of an emergent...
David Lane outlines succinctly yet comprehensively the development and transformation of state socialism. While focussing on Russia and the countri...
President Vladimir Putin s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics were designed to symbolize Russia s return to great power status, but subsequent aggression against Ukraine, large-scale corruption, and the doping scandal have become the true legacies of the games. Putin s style of governance through mega-projects has had deleterious consequences for the country s development. Placing the Sochi games into the larger context of Olympic history, this book examines the political, security, business, ethnic, societal, and international...
President Vladimir Putin s Olympic venture put the workings of contemporary Russia on vivid display. The Sochi Olympics were designed to symbolize ...
This book explores how the countries of Eastern Europe, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc have, since the end of communist rule, developed a new ideology of their place in the world. Drawing on post-colonial theory and on identity discourses in the writings of local intelligentsia figures, the book shows how people in these countries no longer think of themselves as part of the "east," and how they have invented new stereotypes of the countries to the east of them, such as Ukraine and Belarus, to which they see themselves as superior. The book demonstrates how there are a whole...
This book explores how the countries of Eastern Europe, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc have, since the end of communist rule, develope...
